Slitting and collecting mechanism



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My invention relates to certainimproved devices used in con unction withprinting- 7 presses for accurately slitting sheets'o'f paper 1 soslittedinnredetermined amounts in re er receptacles or --containers;

Heretofor in printing and collecting ma-' 1 chines of this character, ithas beencustornary to slit the printed sheet in one direction only"either by the printed sheet through v the cutting or slitting devices soas to slit" after delivered into separateindividual pockets and thereaccumulatedand delivered from @such pockets in predetermined quantitiesi such sheetin the normal directionof itst'ra-vel or by delivering theprinted sheet to a second 'ary sheetregistering terble where the sheetis first positioned in propenrelation tothe slitting devices and thenis-forwarded 111130 the slitters at right angles to the original direc-H g interlocking the product 'counting' "devices.

80 tion of sheet travel asdelivered on the "sheetregisteringtahlei Suchinachinesf'are limited therefore'to' slittingthe sheetin' one 'direc-'tion. only afterprintingfif The, objects or my invention are, among 2 5other things; to provide novel; 'in'iproved mechanisms used in"connection -with the) printingepress wherehy'the sheets after print-iigwill be successively slit'in two directions,

I parallel. as well as at rightanglstothenorfinal direction of sheettravel in accurate registration' with the printing on such sheet. In

inyirnproved machine both slitting operaf tions automatically"performed: after the print-in: elements have completed the print- J. I,i mg on the sheet-J According to my invention the sheets are completelyprinted'hefore passing to p devices and then are collected dmechanically actuated grippers imit the slitting operation which isperall travel through the press.

e lo t l rippers on lease such sh et.

i further feature of el with thenorinal direction of sheet v Suchgrippers are 1 I embodied 111, the'islitting devices and are slittingoperation; the printing element (in the present embodimenttheimpression-cylinder) renyinvention isth'e'; provision of novel: meansfor'advanc-ing the slit or divided sheet to a pair of oppositelydisposedturning mechanisms whereby the 7 forward travel of. such dividedportions of 1 then'pas sed through pairs of slitting devices which cutthe registered 'divided'po'rtions'at right angles to theline of divisionmade in the first slitting operation." The finished prodig not, aftertheslitting operations in: the two directions herein'befo're referredto, is therewithout interrupting the normal operation 9f:

the printing-press.

A further feature is to provide meansfor I which govern "theaccumulation of, finished 3 product sheets infthe pockets with the usualautomatically controlledmechanism for throwing off rand 'onf' theimpression so that the countingaction will stopwhen-the printingrelation ofthe printingcoupleis broken;

for any reason, and will be restored after the" printing relation isreestablished the press. Further objects and advantages will ap-= pearhereinafter and be particularly pointed outin thevclainis, and thedrawings ShOW 'Zt.

preferred embodiment of myinvention in" conjunction with a two-colorrotaryprintingpress but my improvements are not nectype of rinting preSsconstruction.

Iuthe draWings,Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic.

for printingtwice upon the same sides ofthe sheet in which; figurecertain parts showngini other views in detail are omitted;

side elevation'of a two couplepress adapted 1 Fig. 2' ishan enlargedfragmentary plan: 3

view showing certain parts for the primary ,1

i i i Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan Fig. .t is a: sec of Fig,2;

tion' taken on the line essarily restricted to any particular form or, 3

Figs. 12 to 15 inclusive are enlarged detail sectional views showing thepositions of the several sheet-controlling devices during the travel ofthe divided portions of the sheet after the first slittingoperation tothe delivery of such sheet portion on one ofthe secondary registeringtables;

. igs.16 to 22 inclusive are detail sections taken alo their respectivenumbered lines shown inT Fig. 8;

Figs. 23 and 24 :are sectional views both taken on the line 23-23of-Fig. 8 showing the. devices for actuating theproduct-countas 'thrhoutthe various figures.

ingrmechanism but in different positions;

25and 26 are detail sectionstaken .on the lines 25-25 and 26-26respectively shown in Fig. 8; and

'-Fig. 27 is a detail end elevationofthe product-counting mechanismsalso shown in sec-- tion in Figs. 25and 26. p v p Similar. numeralsrefer to similar parts erring toFig. 1, the mainframe .28 of the .presssupports thepiled sheets of paper 29 and the usual sheet separators (notshown) .-will se arate and advance the successive sheets from the paperpile 29 down the feed-board 30 to the sheet gauges 3.1 where thesheets-are seized by the grippers 32 of the impression-cylinder 33of thepress (Figs.

45 2 'andr4). 1

The impression-cyl-inder 33 is journalled in the press frame 28 andcoacts withthe upper form .cylinder 34 and lower form cylinder 35, eachequipped with the usual inking devices as shown in Fig. 1. The two formcylinders 34 and 35 are each journalled in eccentric bearings 36 whichare adapted to turn in'the press frame 28 to make or break thejp'i'inting'relation between the two form cylinders and 35 and theircommon impression cylinder 33. The eccentric bearings 36 are operatedfrom the rock-shaft 37 "doubleerfde'd levers 38, andadjustabletogg l'econnections 39 in the usual way'to throw oil or rest-ore the impressionin the two printing couples;

The printing-press is driven. by the motor 7 40 and belt 41- whichpasses around "the pulley 42011 the drive-shaft 43 journ alled in thepress frame 28. The drive shaft 43 carries the pinion gear 44 whichdrives the intermediate gear 45 and pinion 46 which meshes with the gear47 fast to the lower form cylinder 35; the gear 47 meshes with the gear48 secured to the impression cylinder 33. Meshingwith the gear 48 is theear 49 of the primary slitting cylinder 50 (Figs. 1, 4 and 6) which ismade one-half the diameter of the impression cylinder gear'48 therebycausing the slitting cylinder 50 to rotate two revolutions to one of theimpression cylinder 33.

The slitting cylinder 50, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, comprises thecentral shaft 51 journalled in. the press-frame 28 and a series ofspaced-apart slitter disks 52 mounted on the shaft 51 with a seriesslitter grippers 53 arranged betweenthe disks 52 which grippers 53'coact with gripper pads 54 carried by the disks 52 whereby the sheet Sis held and controlled during the primary slitting operation.

The grippers 53 are carried on the transverse bar 55 journalled in thedisks 52, and the bar 55 is provided at one end with the lever 56 towhich is pinned the cam-roller 57 which coacts with the cam 58 tocontrol the opening and closing of the slitter grippers 53.

The slitter gripper cam 58 is loosely mounted on the shaft 51, butisrotatively fastened to the gear 59 journalled'on the shaft '51 (Figs.I 2 and 5). The gear 59 meshes with the idler -gear 60 which in turnmeshes with the small driving pinion 61 secured to the large gear 62Which-is driven by the drive gear 63 fastened to one end of theimpression cylinder The gem-s60, 61 and 62 are journalled onsuitablest-nds fastened to the press frame 28, and are proportioned torotate the slitter gripper cam 58 at one-half revolution to one of theslitting cylinder 50 which revolves at the same peripheral speed as theimpression cylinder 33 but in the opposite direction (Fig. 4).

Therota'ry slitter knife 64 is adapted to coact with one of theslitterdisks 52, and is mounted 'on the collar 65 secured to the crosssha'ft 66journalled in the press-frame 28 Theshaft 66 carries the .gear 67whichis driven by the coacting drive (Figs. 2 and 4).

slitter cylinder gear 49 2 and 6).

Above the slitting cylinder 50. the sheet propelling wheel shaft 68 isjoin-milled in the sliding blocks 69 held within the frame 28 (Fig. 4),on which shaft 68 mounted a series of propelling wheels 7 0 (Figs. 2, 9and 10), which hold the sheet'S against the cylinder 50. The blocks '69are provided with pressure coilsprings 71 to maintain a yieldingfrictional contact between the wheels and slitter disks 52 to advancethe slit sheet from the cylinder 50 over the stripper fingers 72 intothe bite of the feed rollers which further advance the sheet.

The stripper fingers 72 in spacednpart relation (Fig- 2) are mounted onthe crossshaft 73 journalled in the press-frame '28.

and are oscillated insuitable timed relation with the slitter cylinder50. by the lever 74 pivotallyconneeted to the rod 7 5 pinned to therocking cam-lever 76-fu1crumed on the "stub 77 fastened to thepress-framej28 (Fig;

10).; i The lever 7 6 carries the cam-roller 7 8 which coacts with thecam 7 9 fastened to the impression cylinder 33. The spring .80 holds theroller? 8 in contact with the cami79, I

The upper feed roller 81 and thellower feed roller 82 for advancing ,thesheet S after slitting are mounted on cross shafts 83 and 84respectively which are journalled inthepress frame 28 (Figs; 2,4,. 911).The shaftf84- carries the gear 85 which meshes with the slitter-gear 67and also with the gear 86 mounted on the upper cross-shaft 83 Thegear'87 meshes with the gear 86 and drives the gear 88mounted on theshaft 89 carrying a pulley. 90around'which passes the sheet hold downbelt 91: which also passes I around theidler pulley .92 .(Figs. 2 and4).

I As shown the slitting line of division of the sheet in theprimary:slittingumechanism is -subjacent' to the-.lowerrunfof the belt91. which therebylholds thecontiguous slit edges. of the sheet: S inparallelism as the sheet, is advanced-forwardly 'by' the feed rollers81.

and 82. Referring more has a toothedsegment 94 which isoscillated jthrough the pivoted: link 95 connecting. the I lever93 withthebell-crank lever 96'carry1ng i,

the cam .ro ller.97"whichengages with the cani 98 securedtotheimpressidn cyhnder 33 1 and 2) are two mitre gears 102 which arecomplements of each other and mesh with two mitre gears 103(also-complements of each".

other), but located on oppositesides ofthe machine todrive the secondarysheetpropelling shafts 104'journalled in press frame 28.- Meshing withthe slitter cylinder gear 49 is the intermediate gear-105-(Figs". 1 and6) mounted on the stud 106 fastened tothe press frame 28; The gear 105meshes with the gear 107 secured to the shaft 108 8) also.

iournalled inthe frame 28 which shaft 108 carries the mitre gear 109meshing with the mitre gear 110. mounted on the rear end of the main camshaft 111 journalled longitudinally of the machine-in the press frame I28. The diameter. of the driying gear 107 is so particularly to. Figs. 4and 11,, the. bell crank lever= 93-is pivotally mounted on the stripperfinger shaft 73, and

proportioned that this cam shaft: .1111l wil1 rotate atdexactly-th'esame speed as the i a p ion Cylinder 33 I I The primary receiving table112Qfor the longitudinally -slit sheet S is secured to the press frame.28 beneath thegbelt 91(Figs. 4

and,12) and takes the divided sheet afterthe primary slittingpperation.The sheet stops 113 are.adjustablysecured at the fork ward end of thetable 112 (Fig.2) against which stops the slitted portions of the sheetS, are positioned longitudinally of ,thema chine by the oscillatingogger fingers 101.;

j The mechanisms for'positioningand reg-,-

istering the slitted portions of the sheet after alinement against thestops 113 in relation to the secondaiyslittingdevices as well as thosedevices for accumulating and counting I the finished products arecomplements of I each other, and are, arranged on opposite sides of themachine with the table 112ilocated therebetween. :Hence a description ofonly one set of thesemech'anisms willbe sufiicient;

for a clearunderstanding of their structure 5111d0per3171011. x

Referring to Figs-2 and '1214, the:she'et I ers 1157pin1'1edto the"studs- 116 carr'iedby 118 which lugs limit the movement "of the arms117 in one direction. (Figs' 12 and -13).

registering wheels 114 are f'astened to and rotate with! the shaft 104.*Above the sheet S 3 I are the intermittently coactingipressure roll-.95S,

thearms-1-17 which arepivotallymounted on I V the holders 1 ll8giby'they fulcrumi pin 119. I The- 1 arms 117 carry the projecting lugs 120abutting againstathe stop lugs 121 on the holders i00 The holders 1118carryingthepressure springs r 122 which "bear. on the lugs120aresecured.

m and are oscillated by the fly gripper'shafty 123 journalledi intheoscijllating fly fingers 124 extending inwardly beneath the slittedportions of the sheet S (Figs, 2 and 12). The

fly grippers 125* are fastened to the shaft 123 and coact with the lugs126- on the fly fingers' 124 (Figs. 13. and 14) to hold the outer-margin110: V of the slit sheet for thereversingmovement.

The fly gripper shaft 123 is oscillated with respect to the fly fingers124 by the levers 127 and 128 fastened to opposite ends of the shaft)123 (Fig.2), and the levers 127 and 128, are

providedwith pressure springs 129 coiled. about the rods 130passingloosely through .thelugs' 131 against which the outer ends of thesprings hear. The lugs. 131 arepinned -12 I to the arms 1.132 tontheflyfinger arms 124 loosely journalljed on the oscillating fly shaft 133which is journalled in the frame 28as, shown in Figs. 2 and12. The lever128'car- I ries the short arm 134 to which is pinned the I camroller 135which coacts with theoscilelating 'cam-136 journalled on the shaft.133.;

:the' cam 136 carrying the pinion 137 actuated .by the verticallyreciprocating raclr138.

The. fly shaft 133icarrying the fly fingers 124 is oscillatedbythepinion 139 andrecipro-r eating rack l40 slidably supported in thepressframe 28, which rack is'actuated by the cam lever 141 16) pinned tothe frame,

The lever 141 carries the cam roller 142 Which rides on the cam 143mounted on the constantly rotatingcam shaft 111. Contact between theroller 142-and cam 143 is main tained by the tension spring 144, andthrough the reciprocating movementsof the rack 140 the fly fingers 124are caused to oscillate pe rioclically approximately 180 (from Fig. 14

to 'Fig. 15 positions) to reverse the slitted portions of thesheet tobring their printed sides up for the'secondary slitters.

The fly gripper shaft control cam 136'is se cured to the pinion 145which meshes with the reciprocating rack 138 suitably guided in theframe 28 (Figs. 2 and 1.7), and actuated by the cam lever 147 fulcrumedon the stud "148 fastened to the press frame. The short end of'the lever"147 carries the cam roller 148 which rideson the cam 149 secured "tothe.

main cam shaft 111 through thetension of the spring 150 wherebyperiodical oscilla tions of the cam 136 independently; of thescillations of the fly shaft 133 are obtained.

- Supported on the press frame 28 (Fig. 3) is the secondary slitterregistering table 151 on which is adjust-ably fastened "the side*guideplate 152 by the setscrews 153. The

rock shaft 154 (Figs. 3 and 4) is journalled in the frame 28,and'carries' the oscillating push finger 155 opposite theplate152 toreg-f ister thesheet S against this plate. The shaft *154 is providedwith the actuating pinion 156 that meshes with the oscillating pinion f100 (Figs. 4 and 11 whereby thepush finger 1.55 isperiodicallyoscillated to side-register the sheet.

are the pusher fingers 157 mounted on the sliding plate 158 whichcarries the pin 159 engaging the slotted-end 160 of the rock lever 161fulcrumed on the stud 162 and the lever 1 61 is provided with thetension spring 163. The lower end of the lever 161 (Fig. 18) isconnected by the link 164 with the lower end of the cam lever 165fulcrumed on the stud 166 secured to the bracket 167 which lever "165carries the cam roller 168 thatrides on the cam 169 mounted on the maincam shaft 111. i

The cross-shaft '66 (Fig.3) carries the bevel pinion 102 meshing withthe bevel gear Slidably guided in theframe 28 (Fig. 7)

103 keyed to the lower secondary slitter shaft" esa-v 3) are pivotallymountedon the arms 179 secured to the rock shaft 180 journalled in thepress frame 28. One end of the shaft 180 carriesthe rock lever 181 towhich is pinned the link 182 pivotally connected to the cam lever 183fulcrumed on the frame stud 184.

The inner end of the cam lever 183 carriesthe cam roller 185 which rideson the earn 186 secured to the main cam shaft 111 through the tension ofthe spring 187, whereby the friction shoes 178 have an up and downnovement as shown in dotted lines in Figs.

7 and 19.

1 Outside the slitter knives 176 are a series of angular accumulatingpockets 188 (six being shown in Figs. 1 and 3) formed in the press frame28. Over these pockets 188 are arranged a like number of oscillatingpacker fingers 189 (Figs. '3 and 7), which are mounted on the rock shaft190 journallcd in the press frame; at one end the shaft 190 is providedwith the rock arm 191 to which is pinned the link 192 pivotallyconnected to the cam lever 193fulcrumed on'the frame stud 194 (Fig. 20).The inner end of the cam lever 193 carries the cam roller 195 whichrides on the cam 196 secured to the main cam shaft 111 through thetension of the spring 197, whereb the packer fingers 189 are raised and'lowere in unison as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 20 to pack theaccumulating finished product in the pockets 188.

Referring to 3, 7, 20-22, the stop pins 198 and pusher fingers 199 formthe ends of the pockets188 into which the finished product is deliveredby the secondary slitters'176 and 177 and packed by the'fingers 189.'The stop pin 198 is fastened to the vertical slide 200 slidably mountedin the press frame and theslide 200 is provided with the pin 201 cugagedby theslotted'end 202 of the cam lever 203 fulcrumed on the frame stud204 (Fig. 21). The lever 203 carries the cam roller 205 and stud 205which roller'205 coacts with thecam 206 fastened to the main cam shaft111 through the tension of the spring 207.

The pusher fingers 199 are parts of the slide 208 horizontally movablein the press frame 28, which slide 208 carries the pin 209 engaged bythe slotted end 210 of the rock lever 211 fulcrumed on the frame stud212. The lower end of the lever 211 is pivotally connected by thelink213 to the cam lever 214 fulcrumed on the stud 215 (Fig. 22), and

carries the cam roller 216 having the projecting stud 217' which roller216 is adapted to engage the cam 218 secured to the main cam shaft 111through the tension of the spring 219.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 21 23, the product counting disk220 is formed with the notch 221 adapted to periodically engage With thestud 217 and so permit the engagement of the cam roller 216 with the cam218. A second notch 222 is cut in the 7 pression toggle lever 38.

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diskh22O so proportioned'relatively to the notch 221 as to'engage-thecam roller stud 205* at the same time the notch 221 engageswith the stud 2l7 and therebypermit theicam roller 205 to engage the cam206 to withdraw the stop P1113198 from in frontcof the product pilebefore't-he pusher fingers 199vmove outwardly in the direction of thearrow (Fig.

22) through the coaction of the cam roller 216 riding on the cam 218. IReferring to F igs; 23-27 the stop disk 220 I is loosely mounted onthesleeve 224 carried by'the main camshaft 111 (Fig.8), and is normallyheld from rotatingiby the stop pawl 225 and brake shoe 226 mounted onthe frame studs 227 and 228 respectively; The vstop pawl 225'is providedwith the tension spring 229, and the brake shoe 226 has the tensionspring 230, both springs beingfastened to the v the link' 238 which-isconnected by'thepin 239to the rock lever 240 fulcrumed on. the sleeve224a Pivotally mounted on the pin239 is theratchetpawl241held.'incontact with the ratchet wheel 231'by' the spring241*.

Pinned to the lever 236 is the springrod 242 7 having the compressionspring 243 thrusting against the press frame 28 and also carrying c onits outer-e'ndthe fined collar 244 adapted to engage the countertrip-lever 245 whereby the movement of the pawl 241 may be tripped Vandthe motion of the counter disk 223 may be consequentlyinterrupted.The trip'lever 245 (Fig; 27) is fulcrumedon thestud 246 fastened to thepress" frame 28, and its upper forked end 247 '(Figs. 8 and 24) carriesthe trunnion 248 through" which the counter trip rod 249 passes and isconnected bythe pin.

250 with the impression toggle lever 38. The rod 249 also is providedwith the compression spring 251 and adjusting collar 252 on its lowerend and with thefiXecl collar 253 (Fig; i 8) whereby the productcounting mechanism 7 is automatically restored'to operation when the;printing relation is established between I the impressioncylinder 3'3and the form :cy'linders34 and by the movement The operation of myslitting andcollecting o mechanism is substantiall'y'as follows: The

successive sheets" S are] separated and advanced from the pile 29 andconveyed to the 'us'ual 'gri'p'pers on the impression cylinder 33 of theim:-:

by which the sheet-is held and controlled While being printed throughthe coaction of the form cylinders 34 and35 withxthe impres sioncylinder 33. i

The impressioncylinder grippers in the usual Way release the sheet 8after the slitting cylinder grippers 53 seize the sheet which is-carriedby the primary slitter knife 34 (Fig. '9) and to the delivery pointbetween the'slit ter knife 64 and the propelling wheels7O when the sheetis passed overthe stripper fingers 72. However the slit sheet is nottaken from theslitting cylinder until the entire length of the sheet;has-been cutQthe slitter cylinder grippers 53 releasing their hold (Fig.10) on the secondrevolution of the Y cylinderbO afterthe front edge ofthe sheet has been I carriedbeneath the propelling wheelsu'YO, butbeforesuch edge meets the stripper tingers'72.v

'lne stripper fingers 72 are held'from con-, tacting withv the slittingcylinder 50 (Figs. 59" Y and 11) during its iirst ,revolutionibut aremoved into sheetstripping position (FiglO) by the-action of the roller78 riding into the low part of the cam 79 The sheet now divid- I edthroughout its length is advanced ofi f the cylinder-50 by the wheels 70over the stripperfingers 7 2 into the bite of the-feed v rollers 81 and82 asshown by dotted lines in Fig. 10. The rollers 81 and 82 advance thesheet onto the'primary sheet receiving table 112 where the overguidebelt 91 holds the slitted edges of the sheet down'onthe table 112(Figs, 2 and 4).

-The slit sheet is then positioned longitudinally on the table112against the forward stops 113 bythe oscillating fingers 101 (Figs;

2 and 11),' after which each slit portion isgripped between the wheels114 and coacting rollers115 and then separated and positioned a sidewaysor laterally against the lugs 254 on the fly lingers 1241in whichposition the outer margin of the sheet is seized by the fly grippers125V and 126. These parts are-s0 pro-f portioned that suchside-positioning of the sheet Willwithdrawtheslit edge of the sheet frombeneath the belt 91 (Fig. 12)

The fingers 124 a're thereafter turned from, their Fig. 12 position totheir Fig; 15 position'jby the mechanism shown more pars ticularly inFigs. 12415 and hereinbefore de-' V scribed whereby' thei slit sheet isreversedand delivered with its printed side ;;up onto the secondaryslitter re'gisteringtable 151 (Figs,

3 and15) after which the fly grippers125 and 126 release thesheet; Thevarious cams on nismas described. I

The sheet is then positioned laterally 'on the table 112 against theguide plate, 152 by the push gfinger 155 (Fig. and isthereafteriengagedbythe friction shoes 178 and the the main pain s haft;111 are set tocause the g operation of these devices in proper synohro- I v been setgers 124 to beswung back into their sheet-receiving position (Fig. 12),while the sheet itself is advanced by the pusher fingers 157 intocontact with upper slitters 17 6 and lower slitters 177 (Figs. 3 and 7The movement of the pusher fingers 157 is so arranged by adjusting thecams on the shaft 111 that the leading edge of the sheet when it reachesthe slitters 176 and 177 is movingat the same rate as theperipheralspeed of these slitters.

The slit finished product from the slitters 17 6 and 177 now passesoutwardly into the accumulating pockets 188 where it is packed by thepacker fingers 189, and then accumulated in predetermined amounts anddelivered into the outer portionof the pockets 188 by the simultaneouswithdrawal of the stop pins 198 and advancement of the pusher fingers199as hereinbefore described.

The operation of the product counting disk 220 in conjunction with jointmovements of the stop ins 198 and pusher fingers 199has Earth, as wellasthe operation'of the counter trip'lever 245 to actuate the counter triprod'249 connected with the toggle lever 38 to control the printingrelation of the form cylinders 34 and 35 with the impression cylinder33, whereby the functioning of the counting mechanism automaticallyrestored when the printing relation of the two printin couples isestablished.

I invention, in its broadest aspects, is not limited to the particularconstruction and arrangement of'the various parts shown and described,as many changes may be made without departing from the main principlesof the invention and without'sacrificing the chief advantages derivedfrom its use in slitting and collecting printed sheets in predeterminedquantities as described.

I claim as my invention: s

1. In a'slitting mechanism, a rotary slittin cylinder for carrying thesheet, acoacting revolvingcutter blade, said devices subdividing a sheetalong the line of its travel, gripperson the cylinder for retainingcontrol of the sheet throughout the slitting operation, means foropening said grippers during the second revolution of said cylinder,acombined stripper and guide, and means for moving said stripper intoposition for strippingthe sheet from said cylinder as the grippersrelease the slit sheet.

2. In a slitting mechanism, a rotary slitting cylinder for carrying thesheet, a coacting. revolving cutterblade, said devices subdividing asheet along the line of its travel,

' grippers on the cylinder for retaining control of the sheet throughoutthe slitting operation, means for opening said grippers duringfthesecond revolution of said cylinder, meansyieldin gly holdingthe frontedge of the sheet on said cylinder as said'gripper's open, a combinedstripper and guide, and means for moving said stripper into position forstripping the sheet from said cylinder as the grippers release the slitsheet.

. 3. In a. slitting mechanism, a rotary slitting cylinder for carryingthe sheet, a coacting revolving cutter blade, grippers for retainingcontrol of the sheet throughout the slitting operation, means for o ningsaid grippers at the end of the seeon revolution of said cylindenandmeans for holding the leading edge of the sheet on said cylinder as saidgrippers open.

4, In aslitting mechanism, a rotary slitting cylinder for carrying thesheet, a coacting revolving cutter blade, grippers for retaining controlof thesheet throughout the slitting operation,-;means for openin saidgrippers at the end of the second revtilution of said cylinder, andmeans comprising a yielding pressureroller for holding the leading edgeof the sheet on said cylinder" as said grippers open.

In a slitting mechanism, a rotary slitting cylinder for carryingthesheet, grippers on said cylinder to hold the sheet thereto, a rotarycutter blade coacting with said cylinder and a gripper cam rotating ataspeed di erent from the speed of said cylinder for opening saidgrippers to release the sheet during the second revolution of saidcylinder.

6. In a slitting mechanism, coaetingslit' ting members includingacylinder for subdividing a sheet in the] direction of its travel,

gripperson saidcylinder to retain control of the sheet throughout theslitting operation, a combined stripper and guide, and means for movingsaid stripper into position for c stripping the sheet, from saidcylinder when the grippersrelease the slit sheet on the secondrevolution of said cylinder. 7. In a slitting and collecting mechanism,coacting slitting members for subdividing a sheet into slitted portionsin the direction of its travel and meansfor reversing. said slitportions of the sheet by turnin i same upside down and delivering samesu stantially at right angles to their original line of travel.

8. In a slitting and collecting mechanism, coactingslitting members forsubdividing a sheet in the direction of its travel, means for reversingthe slit portions of sheet by turningsame substantially at ri ht anglesto their line of travel, and means or and positioning said slitcportionsrelatively to said sheet reversing means before turning.

9. In a slitting and collecting mechanism, coacting slitting members forsubdividing a sheet in the direction ofits travel, means for separatingthe slit portions of the sheet, means for reversing the slit portions ofthe sheet by turning same substantially at right angles to their line oftravel, and means for jogging and positioningsaid slit portions intransverse directions relatively to said sheet reversing means beforeturning.

10. In a slittingand: collecting mechanism,

coacting slitting members for subdividing a sheet in the direction ofits travel, means I for reversing the slit portions of the sheet byturnin same substantially at right angles tot-heir line of travel, andmeans including,

coamzingv propelling rollers intermittently engaging SillCllSlllZportions fOliJOggHlg and positioning said SlllB'POIlZlOHS in transversedirections relatively to said sheet reversingmeans before turnin a. Y11. lnxa slltting mechanism, coactmgsl1tting members'for subdivldingjasheet in the direction of its travel, means for registering both slitportions of the sheet laterally and longitudinally, and separateslitting mechanisms for subdividing said slit portions at right anglesto the first line of travel.

12., in a Slllltll'lglllGClllIllSIIl, coactingslit- I ting membersiorsubdividing asheet inthe direction of its travel, means for turning saidslitportions upside down and separate slitting mechanisms forsubdividing said turned slit portions at right angles to the first. lineftravel; I v

13. In a slitting and collecting mechanism, coacting slitting membersfor subdividing a sheet into slitted portions in the direction of itstravel, a sheet reversing or turning a sheet into slitted portions inthe direction of its travel, and a pair, of oppositely disposed,

turning mechanisms forturning each of said slitted portions upside downcomprising oscillatable fingers provided with grippers to take and holdthe slit portions of the sheet during theirrturnin'g operations, andsecondary slitters for sub-dividing said turned slit portions of thesheet.

15. In a slitting and collecting mechanism, coacting slitting membersfor subdividing a sheet into slitted portions in the. direction of itstravel, a sheet reversing or turning mechanism for turning each of saidslitted portions upside down comprising oscillatable fingers providedwith sheet grippers to hold the slit portions of the sheet during theturning operation, means for positioningand I holding said turned slitportions when said finger grippers release after said turningoperation,v and secondary slitters for sub dividing said turned slitportions of the sheet.

16. in slitting; and collecting mechaa turning mechanism for "reversing;the slit portions of the sheet, secondary'slitters rov tating at auniform speed positioned-at right,

angles to said primary sheet travel, and

means for advancing-the turned slit portions to the secondary slittersat substantially the same speed as said rotary s litters.

17. In a slitting and collectingmechanism, coacting slitting members forsubdividing a sheetin the'direction of its travel, a turning mechanismfor reversing the slit portions of the sheet, secondary slittersrotating at a uniform speed positioned at right anglesto i said primarysheet travel, means for advancing the turned slit portions to thesecondary slitters at substantially the same speed as said rotaryslitters, means for packing the twice slit product from said rotaryslitters in separate accumulating pockets, and counting means fordelivering said product in prede- I termined quantities from saidpockets.

CI-IRlSTEN-R. KADDELAND.

'nism, coactingslitting members for subdividmg a sheetln the directionof ts travel, I

